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Halloween

Posted by Joel Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:12:10 GMT

I like Halloween, really, it's one of my favorites. It's almost better than Christmas because it doesn't make me feel guilty about not buying presents. However it does make me feel guilty for not taking the time to put effort into having a costume.

Honestly I like Thanksgiving a lot. It's a holiday I can get behind. Stay in, eat a lot, and just relax. I really would like to visit Chicago this winter, preferably for Christmas, so I should buy the tickets now. I haven't visited Chicago since I've moved here about a year and a half ago.

A lot of the reason I don't put effort into these things is because I view them as kind of "extra" pleasantries. I can't even really get my life on the level, let alone have time to focus on things which are positives. I always seem to have plenty of negatives which need cleaning up first, so that I can reach some kind of zero point, where my things are clean, and my legal stuff is in order, and my car functions properly. One day I will reach this point maybe, but I am a pretty bad procrastinator.

For Halloween I celebrated by getting to bed fairly early for once and getting a lot of sleep. My life is terminally boring right now and it looks to be that way for probably a while now, but that's ok. I just need to harness that boredom by using it to get myself on the level, and continue to try to cultivate my work, fitness, and hobbies. You don't need to live in the city for those, and internal satisfaction should come as prerequisite to seeking out the external.

When I move, I'm going to look forward to getting up later, staying later at work, and hopefully working out in the mornings before work. And, like, a 20 minute commute. And no parking issues. Plus we'll have lots of video games. I just need to use the extra comfort as a bed for self-cultivation and avoid growing complacent.